On behalf of local leaders, Vo Van Hoan highly valued the initiatives of the U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women to protect women and promote their progress in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam at large, noting that many of its programs and models implemented in the city have proved fruitful and become role models for not only Vietnam but also many other countries.

The Party and State of Vietnam have paid great attention to the protection of women’s and girls’ rights by issuing many specific policies and setting up a specialized agency for this regard, he stressed.

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Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan and Elisa Fernandez Saenz, Country Representative of U.N. Women in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Ho Chi Minh City pledges to maintain close coordination with U.N. Women in Vietnam and continue to effectively carry out the U.N.-supported programs and models on protecting their rights and promoting the progress of local women, the official affirmed.

For her part, Elisa Fernandez Saenz applauded Ho Chi Minh City’s support for the programs and projects implemented by U.N. Women here, noting their effective implementation shows local leaders’ attention to and the community’s active engagement in promoting gender equality and protecting women and girls.

She said U.N. Women in Vietnam hopes that through its programs and projects, all people, especially women, will have conditions to contribute to local development, and that Ho Chi Minh City will be a place for women to demonstrate their dynamism and creativity and also be safe for women and girls.

The U.N. official highly valued Ho Chi Minh City as one of the leading localities in protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, asking it to share experience with other Vietnamese localities and cities in the world.

On this occasion, Vice Chairman Hoan presented a badge of Ho Chi Minh City to Elisa Fernandez Saenz in recognition of her contribution to the development of local women.

Source: VNA